Roland Petit Movies

  • 1955
    Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs

    6.31955HD

    Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her...

    Daddy Long Legs
  • 1985
    White Nights

    White Nights

    White Nights

    6.71985HD

    After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch...

    White Nights
  • 1952
    Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen

    6.21952HD

    A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • 1961
    Black Tights

    Black Tights

    Black Tights

    6.21961HD

    Lively scenes of Paris, all narrated by Maurice Chevalier, link together four dramatic ballet choreographies by Roland Petit: La Croqueuse de...

    Black Tights
  • 1949
    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    5.51949HD

    This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters and puppets.

    Alice in Wonderland
  • 1956
    An Evening at the Music Hall

    An Evening at the Music Hall

    An Evening at the Music Hall

    4.71956HD

    A GI on furlough attends a Folies-Bergères show. He falls in love with a dancer, Claudie, the star of the theater.

    An Evening at the Music Hall
  • 1980
    Carmen

    Carmen

    Carmen

    01980HD

    Carmen
  • 2013
    La Scala Ballet: Notre-Dame de Paris

    La Scala Ballet: Notre-Dame de Paris

    La Scala Ballet: Notre-Dame de Paris

    02013HD

    With Roland Petit’s cool, cabaret-style choreography and chic costumes by Yves Saint Laurent, Notre-Dame de Paris has been a modern ballet hit...

    La Scala Ballet: Notre-Dame de Paris
  • 2011
    Dancing Chaplin

    Dancing Chaplin

    Dancing Chaplin

    102011HD

    The celebrated French choreographer Roland Petit had always had his eye on a film presentation of his ballet "Chaplin Dances", which premiered in...

    Dancing Chaplin
  • 2005
    Le Jeune Homme et la Mort

    Le Jeune Homme et la Mort

    Le Jeune Homme et la Mort

    02005HD

    Nicolas Le Riche and Marie-Agnès Gillot star in the legendary Roland Petit and Jean Cocteau's pioneering one-act ballet Le Jeune homme et la...

    Le Jeune Homme et la Mort
  • 2003
    Il pipistrello (La Scala)

    Il pipistrello (La Scala)

    Il pipistrello (La Scala)

    02003HD

    Every night, Johann puts on bat's wings and flies off to enjoy himself. Bella, troubled by her husband's hedonistic activities, consults with her...

    Il pipistrello (La Scala)
  • 2007
    Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur

    Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur

    Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur

    102007HD

    Ballet en deux actes et treize tableaux du chorég. This is a live recording of a performance at Paris Garnier in 2007. Petit's earlier...

    Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur
  • 2005
    Большой балет: Пиковая дама/Пассакалья

    Большой балет: Пиковая дама/Пассакалья

    Большой балет: Пиковая дама/Пассакалья

    02005HD

    Pique Dame (or "The Queen of Spades") inspired by Alexander Pushkin, set to a music by Tchaikovsky; Passacaglia (or "Passacaille") set to a music by...

    Большой балет: Пиковая дама/Пассакалья
  • 1999
    Clavigo

    Clavigo

    Clavigo

    01999HD

    Inspired by Goethe's early romantic play Clavigo, Roland Petit's ballet recounts the agonies of a weak-willed lover torn between the contradictory...

    Clavigo
  • 2021
    Notre-Dame de Paris (Opéra Bastille)

    Notre-Dame de Paris (Opéra Bastille)

    Notre-Dame de Paris (Opéra Bastille)

    02021HD

    Notre-Dame de Paris (Opéra Bastille)
  • 1996
    Eloge De La Folie

    Eloge De La Folie

    Eloge De La Folie

    01996HD

    1966, 16mm.

    Eloge De La Folie
  • 2005
    Carmen - Roland Petit

    Carmen - Roland Petit

    Carmen - Roland Petit

    02005HD

    Roland Petit’s ballet Carmen was a smash hit at its premiere at London’s Prince’s Theatre in 1949. Structured in five scenes, the...

    Carmen - Roland Petit